Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1887-07-23

miles OF Cloudland hotel. AS soon as
it is built, Gen. Wilder will construct
an incline plane railroad from the
hotel to the G. c. d G. road, making
a quick all rail route to Cloudland.
No one who visits Cloudland once
and sees what Gen. Wilder has al
ready accomplished there, will doubt
his capacity to carry out anything he
may undertake, and it is simply a
matter of time until Cloudland hotel
will be reached by rail.
Cloudland is most appropriately
named, for it is truly a land among
the clouds. From the summit of the
mountain one or more thunder storms
can be seen driving through the val
leys below at almost any hour of the
day, and the cloud views every
morning and evening are exquisitely
beautiful.
On Saturday morning, the 10th
inst, the majority of the press party
left Cloudland a little after daylight,
in order to catch the train at Roam
Mountain station for Cranberry, NC.
This editor, in Company with Mr.. A.
j. Grigsby, of Nashville, made the
trip down the mountain afoot. We
left Cloudland half an hour ahead of
the hacks, and by taking a rugged
path straight down the mountain,
shortened the distance some three
miles or more. The entire party
reached the station a little before nine
o'clock, and were soon aboard the
little train, speeding on the way to
the great magnetic iron ore mines at
Cranberry, N. c., which place was
reached about ten o'clock. A couple
of hours were spent here looking
through the mines and gathering
specimens Of iron ore and other
mineral substances. Gen. j. IT,.
Wilder accompanied the party
through the mines, and gave much
interesting information regarding the
great mineral deposit. 1t is the rich
est and most extensive vein of steel
making ore in this country. 1t is
$50 by 400 feet in thickness, and %
miles in length. Within one hundred
miles of Cranberry lie the greatest
fields of coking coal on the continent,
and it is therefore not improbable
that in a few years this will become
the steel making center of America,
if not of the world. The party took
dinner at the Cranberry hotel, and
spent an hour there resting, smoking
and chatting on the cool verandas.
We think the entire party would
have unanimously voted the blue rib
bon to the Cranberry hotel as a model
house. The ceilings and walls are
finished in natural woods of various
colors, and the entire house is as ele-
gantly and luXuriously furnished as
a parlor.
The press party boarded the train
again at 1:l5 p. M, and after anoth-
er enchanting ride through Doe river
gorge, with many magnifcet views
of nature in some of its widest and
grandest freaks, we reached Johnson
City about 4 O'Clock.
During the afternoon a number OF
buggies were placed at the disposal OF
the party, and many pleasant drives
, were taken around and through the
fourishing little city. One of the
largest steam tanneries in the South,
a large iron foundry and machine
shop, and a number of smaller enter.
l priseS are located at Johnson City,
The Chicago, Cincinnati d Charleston
) Railroad will cross the East Tennes'
, see, Virginia and Georgia at this
point. These advantages of transpOr'
~tation, coupled with the push and
{ energy of its enterprising citizens
will soon make Johnson City n O.
the most thriving aud fourishing
places in East Tennessee.
I AT nights grand banquet was ten
: dered the Press Association by thu
: citizens of Johnson City at the Pied
| mont House. The tables were richly
: ladened with the most deliciou.
. viands and d~elicacies. One hundred
: and eight guests were seated arount
the long lines of tables, and after par
taking of the sumptuous meal, thu
following toasts were proposed anC
g responded to: "TheT Tennessee Press
q response by Hon. A. H. Pettibone Oh
: the part of the citizens, and Hon. ]
C Harvey Mathes on the part of tn
: Association. "The Resources O
Tennessee" response by Gen. J.. 7
Wilder on the part of the citizens, ant
Gen. Ira P. Jones on the part of tn,
Association tiThp adipC-God Rlpc